E36 M3 Track Car
Discussion
Just bought myself this as a trackcar/mental road car, its already had lots of work done by the previous owner and I have plans for more ahead!!
The car is a 1995 3.0l M3. with approx 109K miles on it, road legal taxed and MOT'd.
- Genuine Carbon Fibre Bonnet, with lockable aerocatches
- Fibreglass lightweight bootlid fixed with bonnet pins
- GT corner splitter
- ABS Motorsport lightweight GT high rise style rear spoiler painted gloss
black
- BC racing coilovers ( height and rebound adjustable) with RPM Motorsport
adjustable top mounts on the front
- Adjustable camber arms on the rear
- Properly sorted track geometry, about -3.5 neg camber on the front, a bit
less on the rear,slight toe out on the front and neutral
toe on rear.
- entire rear subframe fitted with AKG motorsport bushes from USA.
upper and lower rear arms fully rebushed with SuperPro bushes and
genuine BMW M ball joints
- Front wishbone rear bushes upgraded to SuperPro race spec.
- Goodridge braided hoses all round
- High temp Brake fluid (ATE Superblue)
- Sparco lightweight bucket seats with Alloy side mount brackets and custom
floor mounts
- Schroth Harnesses
- rear roll cage with harness bar
- OMP WRC suede steering wheel
- Stripped and painted interior
- 328tds oil cooler
- Dave F Induciton kit with cold air ducted from brake duct
- Supersprint race rear exhaust section and decat
- Std 5 speed M3 gearbox,
- ARPs and oil pump with twin pick ups from an E36 M3 EVO fitted
- braided clutch hose
- New water pump
-fan delete
-high ratio steering rack from a Z3
-front chassis X brace from a convertible
-wiechers alloy strut brace
-strengthened rear arb mounts via additional plates welded into rear subframe
AP Racing CP 5200 4 pot calipers with Carbotech XP12 Pads and 330 x
32 BTCC discs
- Ducted cooling to front brakes via CA Auto foglight intakes & disc
backplates
Rebuilt rear subframe
And Low ratio diff 3.73, with tighter lock up ramps rebuilt by Road and Race
transmissions in 2010
Plan is to have a full weld in cage fitted in a non sunroof evo shell, fully deseamed, with polycarb windows, stripped loom, adjustable pedal box etc when I deploy to Afghan again at the end of the year. All the running gear from this car will be transferred over.
The car is a 1995 3.0l M3. with approx 109K miles on it, road legal taxed and MOT'd.
- Genuine Carbon Fibre Bonnet, with lockable aerocatches
- Fibreglass lightweight bootlid fixed with bonnet pins
- GT corner splitter
- ABS Motorsport lightweight GT high rise style rear spoiler painted gloss
black
- BC racing coilovers ( height and rebound adjustable) with RPM Motorsport
adjustable top mounts on the front
- Adjustable camber arms on the rear
- Properly sorted track geometry, about -3.5 neg camber on the front, a bit
less on the rear,slight toe out on the front and neutral
toe on rear.
- entire rear subframe fitted with AKG motorsport bushes from USA.
upper and lower rear arms fully rebushed with SuperPro bushes and
genuine BMW M ball joints
- Front wishbone rear bushes upgraded to SuperPro race spec.
- Goodridge braided hoses all round
- High temp Brake fluid (ATE Superblue)
- Sparco lightweight bucket seats with Alloy side mount brackets and custom
floor mounts
- Schroth Harnesses
- rear roll cage with harness bar
- OMP WRC suede steering wheel
- Stripped and painted interior
- 328tds oil cooler
- Dave F Induciton kit with cold air ducted from brake duct
- Supersprint race rear exhaust section and decat
- Std 5 speed M3 gearbox,
- ARPs and oil pump with twin pick ups from an E36 M3 EVO fitted
- braided clutch hose
- New water pump
-fan delete
-high ratio steering rack from a Z3
-front chassis X brace from a convertible
-wiechers alloy strut brace
-strengthened rear arb mounts via additional plates welded into rear subframe
AP Racing CP 5200 4 pot calipers with Carbotech XP12 Pads and 330 x
32 BTCC discs
- Ducted cooling to front brakes via CA Auto foglight intakes & disc
backplates
Rebuilt rear subframe
And Low ratio diff 3.73, with tighter lock up ramps rebuilt by Road and Race
transmissions in 2010
Plan is to have a full weld in cage fitted in a non sunroof evo shell, fully deseamed, with polycarb windows, stripped loom, adjustable pedal box etc when I deploy to Afghan again at the end of the year. All the running gear from this car will be transferred over.
bulldog5046 said:
Thats a great spec list to start with!
Do you mind me asking how much it set you back?
Any idea where the CF bonnet came from and at what cost?
It used to be my car the CF bonnet was bought used from another forum cost me about £350, I think it cost the original buyer twice that.Do you mind me asking how much it set you back?
Any idea where the CF bonnet came from and at what cost?
Disco You said:
I may come across as an arse here, but I really don't mean to be, I am genuinely curious.
Is the wing functional?
Would a fibreglass bonnet not be lighter whilst performing the same task? (and of course cheaper to replace)
The wing is a lightweight copy of the original E36 M3 GT high rise rear wing, it will provide some downforce at higher speed and is homologated for typical BMW race series eg Khumo.Is the wing functional?
Would a fibreglass bonnet not be lighter whilst performing the same task? (and of course cheaper to replace)
An FG bonnet might well be lighter but not as rigid and can be difficult to stop edges lifting at high speed. It was an opportunistic buy at the time, rather than a planned mod, but saved a lot of weight from the front where its more difficult to loose weight on these
Car was awesome today, thoroughly thrashed all day and was absolutely perfect when I put her on the trailer after 130 miles of track driving!
Probably one of, if not the fastest car all day! Especially when the track dried out and we chucked the slicks on! Shame that was short lived as the front left rubbed on the inner arch and wore it down to the canvas! had to put the 'wets' back on.
John did a great job of having it set up when he owned it, really well balanced and handles really well.
Probably one of, if not the fastest car all day! Especially when the track dried out and we chucked the slicks on! Shame that was short lived as the front left rubbed on the inner arch and wore it down to the canvas! had to put the 'wets' back on.
John did a great job of having it set up when he owned it, really well balanced and handles really well.
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